Name Myths

Sean+Lyss

So we all know of the big ones...La-a, Oranjello, Lemonjello, Shithead...ect. I was just wondering if anyone has any others. Maybe local myths or something?

StarrDeath

Well, it's not a myth, but it's local... (yes, this child exists. I took portraits of her as a photographer.)

I live in Tennessee, home of the Volunteers. This child's name was Oranganne White. Yes, really. It might have been spelled differently, I can't remember exactly, but that's how it was pronounced, Orange-Anne White.

ETA: This probably wasn't even thought about when she was born, but a friend of mine, who I've known since preschool, is named Anna Reddick. Most people don't "get it" unless they're affected by it, but a person suffering from anorexia is called an Anoretic. 

Mags748

My dad grew up with a Candace Cain who went by Candy.

ladybugpjb

Not myths:

I volunteered one summer with the kids' program at a homeless shelter and there was a little boy named Theone, pronounced "the one."

My friend had a little boy in her class at school named The Fonz.

BelleWithABlade

There is a story that goes around the hospital that someone named their child meconium after hearing the OB say "oh no here comes meconium" right after the baby was born.  In case anyone hasn't heard this before meconium is the dark, gooey stool babies make for their first few bowel movements. 

Sean+Lyss

Those are all really bad so far. 

SGC29

Joy2611:

I grew up with two siblings named Rhett and Scarlett.  That ain't right.

Ha! Not at all. 

BeckyZ45

I once knew a kid named Dan Juris Lee.  Dan...not Daniel.  His parents did this intentionally, and it's a little bit of a stretch, but when you say it all together, it sounds a lot like dangerously. 

LIvie Dean

My mom went to school with a girl named Cherry Blossom, and she has a sister named Fancy.

kellyrn9956

So, I heard a story when I worked in L&D about a lady who named her daughter Menages Trois (spelling?) b/c the baby was conceived during a threesome.

I call bullsh*t on that one.

Sean+Lyss

kellyrn9956:

So, I heard a story when I worked in L&D about a lady who named her daughter Menages Trois (spelling?) b/c the baby was conceived during a threesome.

I call bullsh*t on that one.

Wow that is really bad. But I agree with you, bullshiit. 

LIvie Dean

I forgot to add that my uncle was dating a girl that had a daughter named Breezy Sky. She also had a son named bradley. I don't know was going through her mind when she had that little girl.

Sean+Lyss

fishybride82:

My friend was standing in line at a grocery store and a woman was saying her daughter named her granddaughter Chlamydia.  And said, "isn't that the most beautiful name you've ever heard?"  Could be urban legend...

 I went to high school with Pretzel and he was a wrestler.  

My GMIL used to work for the state at a dental office. She told me that she had a preg 16 year old patient who wanted to name her baby Vagina. And thought that it was a really pretty name.  

mrsmommya

There was a guy in my highschool (complete idiot mind you) who had a son and named him Jack Daniel.

 Also I was watching House Hunters (love it) and the woman on their had 3 sisters + herself.  They were names Winter, Summer, Spring, and Autumn!  I was like wow they got lucky I would have been nervous after the first 2 girls!

My husband has a family friend in Wyoming who is named Kip - is siblings are Stormy, Rocky, and Windy??  So weird

jburdet1

Mags748:

My dad grew up with a Candace Cain who went by Candy.

This is too funny! If DH was a girl the ILs would have named him Candace with the nn Candy...our LN is Cain

NothingLikeBarbie

I knew of a family who named their girls Tennessee and Arizona, but called them Ness and Ari.

StarrDeath

I can't believe I forgot about this until now! I was talking with DH and he reminded me of his high school friend, Michael Hunt. He goes by Mike. 

Sean+Lyss

StarrDeath:

I can't believe I forgot about this until now! I was talking with DH and he reminded me of his high school friend, Michael Hunt. He goes by Mike. 

Bhahahaha!!! 

LadyXaverian

There is a family in my hometown with the last name Christmas. Some of the family members are Mary and Breezy.

StarrDeath

SarahL77:

There is a family in my hometown with the last name Christmas. Some of the family members are Mary and Breezy.

I remember seeing a news interview with a woman named Mary who married in the Christmas family... upon Googling, there's apparently between 40-100 in the United States alone! 

A couple streets over, there's a family with the last name Jolly. I've never met them, but it's painted on their mailbox. I've always imagined they have a daughter named Holly. Imagine if they did, and she married into the Christmas family, and kept her LN as her MN? Holly Jolly Christmas! 

lindslalala

fishybride82:

My friend was standing in line at a grocery store and a woman was saying her daughter named her granddaughter Chlamydia.  And said, "isn't that the most beautiful name you've ever heard?"  Could be urban legend...

 I went to high school with Pretzel and he was a wrestler.  

That reminds me of a girl I went to high school with that had a bad reputation...everyone called her Chlamydia Lydia

Sean+Lyss

In my DH's home town there was a guy that ran for councilman...well his name was Harry Ho. And his wife took his last name so she was Mrs.Harry Ho. 

StarrDeath

Sean+Lyss:

In my DH's home town there was a guy that ran for councilman...well his name was Harry Ho. And his wife took his last name so she was Mrs.Harry Ho. 

NICE. Hahahahah 

hopedbell87

I know a woman whose maiden name was Sandy Beach. Not a myth either. 

 

queenbone

I have a friend who told me she knew a Graham Cracker. 

I've also heard the one about the Jean family who name their son Levi.

I call corn on both.

ashunt279

I worked in recruiting and there was a consultant from India whose name was.........wait for it..........

Rohit Dikshit

Seriously.  Not kidding.  That was his name. First and last.

ashunt279

One more for ya but this one is an urban legend at my old HS.  His name was Peter Whacker III.

LIvie Dean

My cousin had a youth pastor named Mike Rap.

And Ketch

We had 3 brothers go through my school named Quantum, Quasar and Quark.  It was a science magnet school too.

kacelle

LIvie Dean:

My mom went to school with a girl named Cherry Blossom, and she has a sister named Fancy.

MIL's name is Cherry Florence.  She went by Cherry Flo as a child.

My co-teacher's husband's name is Blu Denham.  

An older lady at my church's name is Merry Christmas.  What's funny is that her parents named her Merry rather than Mary to be creative and she married into the Christmas family.

cmeinla

I saw this in the Obits one day and nearly died laughing

Hazel Hanson Hiscock

 

My mom went to school with a Penny nichols

When I worked at the library i made a card for a 

"Tim" B. Jolly.

Oh and one of my friends who worked at a blockbuster told me about the time she waited on this girl whose son was named

Cle'Toris come here.

BFab11

I went to HS with a girl named China Rose, and she went by both names.

MelleTX

hopedbell87:

I know a woman whose maiden name was Sandy Beach. Not a myth either. 

 

I also knew a Sandy Beach. She had sisters Summer and Wendy.

I have also met IRL, a Holly Wood, *** Harry, Richard Soft, Willy Johnson, *** Woody and Amanda Head.

MelleTX

MelleTX:

hopedbell87:

I know a woman whose maiden name was Sandy Beach. Not a myth either. 

 

I also knew a Sandy Beach. She had sisters Summer and Wendy.

I have also met IRL, a Holly Wood, *** Harry, Richard Soft, Willy Johnson, *** Woody and Amanda Head.

Apparently, you can't say D*ck. You can guess what the asterisks above say.  

adam+katie

I teach a girl named Kevin

PrincessFiona9

BFab11:

I went to HS with a girl named China Rose, and she went by both names.

This is the name of a chinese buffet restaurant in the town I grew up in LOL

rubber_chicken

adam+katie:

I teach a girl named Kevin

 

Like the bird from Up????

 

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA WTF were her parents thinking??!!!?!??!

bread&jam

I went to high school with a boy named Dyer Straights. There was a little girl at my gym's daycare named Ginger Snapp.

FroggyFarts

When I was in the lobby waiting for my name to be called for Jury Duty, a Misty Knight got called. Hilarious. Poor woman.

Jennilynn

fishybride82:

My friend was standing in line at a grocery store and a woman was saying her daughter named her granddaughter Chlamydia.  And said, "isn't that the most beautiful name you've ever heard?"  Could be urban legend...

 

This is a line from the movie "Serving"- a B movie about a restaurant. I suppose it could be true, but it sounds like a myth to me. 

 One of my best friends from HS is named Richard, his last name is a different spelling of Coming. Yup, with a "U". He goes by Richard most of the time though.

OregonPachey

My sister went to school with Misty Lake.  When she got married, she hyphenated her name to Misty Lake-Snow.

My coworker is a Big Sister to a little girl named Unikwa (Unique-wah).

I used to work for an insurance company.  I got to see lots of good names.  Merry Christmas, Bunny Snow, etc.